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Lexicon :: Strong's H3816 - lᵊ'ōm

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לְאֹם
Transliteration
lᵊ'ōm
Pronunciation
leh-ome'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to gather
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1069a

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: לאם (Strongs and Gesenius) לאום (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

לְאֹם lᵉʼôm, leh-ome'; or לְאוֹם lᵉʼôwm; from an unused root meaning to gather; a community:—nation, people.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 35x

The KJV translates Strong's H3816 in the following manner: people (24x), nation (10x), folk (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 35x
The KJV translates Strong's H3816 in the following manner: people (24x), nation (10x), folk (1x).

  1. a people, nation

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לְאֹם lᵉʼôm, leh-ome'; or לְאוֹם lᵉʼôwm; from an unused root meaning to gather; a community:—nation, people.
STRONGS H3816: Abbreviations
† לְאֹם, לְאוֺם noun masculineGenesis 25:23 people, in poetry and chiefly late; — ל׳ absolute Genesis 25:23 (twice in verse); Proverbs 14:28, לְאוֺם Proverbs 11:26; suffix לְאוּמִּי Isaiah 51:4; plural לְאֻמִּים Genesis 25:23 + 28 times; לְאוּמִים Isaiah 55:4; — people, both of Israel and of Edom, Genesis 25:23 (3 times in verse) (J; Jacob and Esau; || גּוֺי); elsewhere of Israel only Isaiah 51:4 (singular || עַם); usually plural of other peoples: — שְׁאוֺן ל׳ Isaiah 17:12 (|| הֲמוֺן עמים, compare Isaiah 17:13; || גּוֺיִם Isaiah 34:1; Isaiah 43:9; Psalm 2:1; Psalm 44:3; Psalm 44:15; Psalm 105:44; Psalm 149:7, compare Isaiah 55:4 (twice in verse) (גּוֺי in Isaiah 55:5); || עַמִּים Genesis 27:29 (J), Habakkuk 2:13; Jeremiah 51:58; Psalm 47:4; Psalm 57:10; Psalm 67:5 (twice in verse); Psalm 108:4; Proverbs 24:24; further Isaiah 41:1; Isaiah 49:1 (both || אִיִּים), Isaiah 43:4 (|| אָ֯דָם Isaiah 60:2 (|| אֶרֶץ), Psalm 9:9 (|| תֵּבֵל), Psalm 148:11 (|| מַלְכֵי אֶרֶץ, etc.); עֲדַת לְאֻמִּים Psalm 7:8, הֲמוֺן ל׳ Psalm 65:8; of any and all peoples Proverbs 14:34; singular indefinite = people in general, as making public opinion, Proverbs 11:26 (collective, with plural verb); = population, as subjects of prince Proverbs 14:28 (|| עַם).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

25:23; 25:23; 25:23; 25:23; 27:29

Psalms

2:1; 7:8; 9:9; 44:3; 44:15; 47:4; 57:10; 65:8; 67:5; 105:44; 108:4; 148:11; 149:7

Proverbs

11:26; 11:26; 14:28; 14:28; 14:34; 24:24

Isaiah

17:12; 17:13; 34:1; 41:1; 43:4; 43:9; 49:1; 51:4; 51:4; 55:4; 55:4; 55:5; 60:2

Jeremiah

51:58

Habakkuk

2:13

H3816

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3816 matches the Hebrew לְאֹם (lᵊ'ōm),
which occurs 36 times in 31 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:23 - The LORD said to her, “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 27:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:29 - May nations serve you and peoples bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed and those who bless you be blessed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:1 - Why do the nations conspire[fn] and the peoples plot in vain?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 7:7 - Let the assembled peoples gather around you, while you sit enthroned over them on high.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:8 - He rules the world in righteousness and judges the peoples with equity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:2 - With your hand you drove out the nations and planted our ancestors; you crushed the peoples and made our ancestors flourish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:14 - You have made us a byword among the nations; the peoples shake their heads at us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 47:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:3 - He subdued nations under us, peoples under our feet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 57:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 57:9 - I will praise you, Lord, among the nations; I will sing of you among the peoples.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 65:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 65:7 - who stilled the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the turmoil of the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 67:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 67:4 - May the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you rule the peoples with equity and guide the nations of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:44

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:44 - he gave them the lands of the nations, and they fell heir to what others had toiled for—

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 108:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 108:3 - I will praise you, LORD, among the nations; I will sing of you among the peoples.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 148:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:11 - kings of the earth and all nations, you princes and all rulers on earth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 149:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 149:7 - to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:26 - People curse the one who hoards grain, but they pray God’s blessing on the one who is willing to sell.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:28 - A large population is a king’s glory, but without subjects a prince is ruined.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:34 - Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin condemns any people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 24:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:24 - Whoever says to the guilty, “You are innocent,” will be cursed by peoples and denounced by nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:12 - Woe to the many nations that rage— they rage like the raging sea! Woe to the peoples who roar— they roar like the roaring of great waters!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 17:13 - Although the peoples roar like the roar of surging waters, when he rebukes them they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweed before a gale.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 34:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 34:1 - Come near, you nations, and listen; pay attention, you peoples! Let the earth hear, and all that is in it, the world, and all that comes out of it!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 41:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:1 - “Be silent before me, you islands! Let the nations renew their strength! Let them come forward and speak; let us meet together at the place of judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:4 - Since you are precious and honored in my sight, and because I love you, I will give people in exchange for you, nations in exchange for your life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 43:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:9 - All the nations gather together and the peoples assemble. Which of their gods foretold this and proclaimed to us the former things? Let them bring in their witnesses to prove they were right, so that others may hear and say, “It is true.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:1 - Listen to me, you islands; hear this, you distant nations: Before I was born the LORD called me; from my mother’s womb he has spoken my name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:4 - “Listen to me, my people; hear me, my nation: Instruction will go out from me; my justice will become a light to the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 55:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:4 - See, I have made him a witness to the peoples, a ruler and commander of the peoples.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 60:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 60:2 - See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the LORD rises upon you and his glory appears over you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:58

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:58 - This is what the LORD Almighty says: “Babylon’s thick wall will be leveled and her high gates set on fire; the peoples exhaust themselves for nothing, the nations’ labor is only fuel for the flames.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 2:13 - Has not the LORD Almighty determined that the people’s labor is only fuel for the fire, that the nations exhaust themselves for nothing?
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